Balqash climate

Balqash Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Balqash, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -4°C on December 1 to -9°C on December 31, and lows from -12°C to -17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Balqash, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-15°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
6°CDec 1, 2013
Reanalysis low
-38°CDec 26, 2007
Daylight
8 h 50 min to 8 h 36 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
-13°C
Wind
14.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-4°C-12°C6°C 2013-26°C 201815%
Dec 2-4°C-12°C2°C 2010-23°C 200216%
Dec 3-4°C-12°C2°C 1991-24°C 200216%
Dec 4-4°C-12°C3°C 2019-22°C 201015%
Dec 5-5°C-13°C2°C 2019-24°C 201815%
Dec 6-5°C-13°C1°C 2019-20°C 201114%
Dec 7-5°C-13°C1°C 1991-22°C 201814%
Dec 8-5°C-13°C2°C 2008-23°C 200914%
Dec 9-5°C-13°C1°C 2019-25°C 200914%
Dec 10-6°C-14°C2°C 2019-25°C 200114%
Dec 11-6°C-14°C3°C 1991-24°C 201214%
Dec 12-6°C-14°C1°C 2004-27°C 201215%
Dec 13-6°C-14°C0°C 1997-27°C 201215%
Dec 14-6°C-14°C1°C 2019-31°C 201216%
Dec 15-6°C-14°C1°C 2013-26°C 201217%
Dec 16-7°C-15°C0°C 2016-24°C 201217%
Dec 17-7°C-15°C-1°C 2016-30°C 201217%
Dec 18-7°C-15°C1°C 1996-33°C 201218%
Dec 19-7°C-15°C-2°C 2005-35°C 201218%
Dec 20-7°C-15°C2°C 2005-32°C 201218%
Dec 21-7°C-16°C1°C 2019-29°C 201819%
Dec 22-7°C-16°C1°C 1999-30°C 200919%
Dec 23-8°C-16°C1°C 1996-34°C 200920%
Dec 24-8°C-16°C2°C 1996-26°C 199720%
Dec 25-8°C-16°C1°C 2017-31°C 200720%
Dec 26-8°C-16°C1°C 1996-38°C 200719%
Dec 27-8°C-16°C0°C 2014-32°C 200719%
Dec 28-8°C-17°C0°C 2005-30°C 201019%
Dec 29-9°C-17°C0°C 2015-29°C 200218%
Dec 30-9°C-17°C-2°C 1995-27°C 199318%
Dec 31-9°C-17°C-1°C 2001-34°C 201018%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Balqash, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5).

December 1
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 4:14 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:45 AM, sunset 4:21 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.